The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XVV

onzedge · 10-16-2015, 08:17 AM

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Good afternoon

Woof Woof

madwi · 10-16-2015, 08:20 AM

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Okay..... Btw, PD2 tonight? I'm free all night

Nooooooo!! Microtransactions in payday after they said Never ever going to happen.

The backlash on the web is getting crazy lol. Dont even try to read the steam forums, try the payday subreddit.

njobe89 · 10-16-2015, 08:25 AM

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I've been walking around all day. Dead tired

how you liking it so far.

when i was in belgium, my daily average of walking was 16 miles lol

JARblue · 10-16-2015, 08:30 AM

It's Friday?

b15 · 10-16-2015, 08:55 AM

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I think you're probably right, but I worry too much... $70 worth of oil isn't worth worrying over, to me... So I decided to stick with my "overkill" method of changing in the fall, then changing again in the spring.

I ended up making an appointment for 10/31. So I might drive the car once or twice after that (although it will get down to the low 30's overnight, we don't usually get snow or have any road salt put down until 1st week of December) and then I'll put the battery tender on it and shut the door and try not to think about it for 5 months.

My DD has summer tires on it too, and they're getting pretty "entertaining" with these 45-degree mornings.

I only change mine in the fall before storage. Everyone has different opinions but I don't like used oil sitting for months. I only have about 3k on mine as well but I'd rather flush it out prior to storage to get rid of any contaminants. In the spring in the first start, I take it for a nice long drive and get the oil nice and hot. Any condensation that may have accumulated while it was sitting will evaporate. In my opinion, it's only needed to change before or after storage. No sense in doing both considering its only being stored 5 or so months, not years.

b15 · 10-16-2015, 09:00 AM

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DO we absolutely need battery tenders?

No. But it'll be hit or miss if it starts in the spring on its own. Float chargers (doesn't have to be battery tender brand) are cheap and worth it. I use one every winter and my OEM battery is still going strong

Leingod · 10-16-2015, 09:03 AM

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Nooooooo!! Microtransactions in payday after they said Never ever going to happen.

The backlash on the web is getting crazy lol. Dont even try to read the steam forums, try the payday subreddit.

What are they charging for specifically??

Leingod · 10-16-2015, 09:03 AM

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No. But it'll be hit or miss if it starts in the spring on its own. Float chargers (doesn't have to be battery tender brand) are cheap and worth it. I use one every winter and my OEM battery is still going strong

Float charger. Got it. Thanks!

onzedge · 10-16-2015, 09:13 AM

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It's Friday?

Hump day!!!

Leingod · 10-16-2015, 09:27 AM

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Hump day!!!

Lies. It's almost Sunday!

Leingod · 10-16-2015, 09:59 AM

$250 for flatstoppers. No thanks. i'll have the guy move the car forwards and back a foot each month.

Davey · 10-16-2015, 10:47 AM

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Good afternoon

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In the spring in the first start, I take it for a nice long drive and get the oil nice and hot. Any condensation that may have accumulated while it was sitting will evaporate. In my opinion, it's only needed to change before or after storage.

That's what have always done (in the spring) except I've also changed it in the fall. In spring, when the 6 month interval is up again, I get it changed again. So, Nov 1 and May 1, more or less.

It's probably a waste of money but whatever.

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DO we absolutely need battery tenders?

Not absolutely, but your battery will last a lot longer and the car will actually start without charging it in the spring.

Also you don't want to have the battery so dead that the "drop the windows 1/4 inch" thing doesn't happen.

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$250 for flatstoppers. No thanks. i'll have the guy move the car forwards and back a foot each month.

You don't need those, you don't need to move the car forward and back, and you don't need Sta-bil. I leave my tires at the normal pressure (which is 34 psi in my case) when I store the car every year, I've never had a problem with flat spots. As long as the tires aren't low on air you won't have a problem.

A lot of the "wisdom" on this subject is more applicable to 60's cars with 60's gas tanks and bias-ply tires.

Leingod · 10-16-2015, 10:54 AM

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That's what have always done (in the spring) except I've also changed it in the fall. In spring, when the 6 month interval is up again, I get it changed again. So, Nov 1 and May 1, more or less.

It's probably a waste of money but whatever.

Not absolutely, but your battery will last a lot longer and the car will actually start without charging it in the spring.

Also you don't want to have the battery so dead that the "drop the windows 1/4 inch" thing doesn't happen.

You don't need those, you don't need to move the car forward and back, and you don't need Sta-bil. I leave my tires at the normal pressure (which is 34 psi in my case) when I store the car every year, I've never had a problem with flat spots. As long as the tires aren't low on air you won't have a problem.

A lot of the "wisdom" on this subject is more applicable to 60's cars with 60's gas tanks and bias-ply tires.

I ordered a tender just to be safe. Cheap $25 one. Flatstoppers were insane. I'll take my chances with flat tires. For the $10, I'll get stabil. Can't hurt. The storage place is heated and on tile. So I'm not to worried.

Davey · 10-16-2015, 11:17 AM

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I ordered a tender just to be safe. Cheap $25 one. Flatstoppers were insane. I'll take my chances with flat tires. For the $10, I'll get stabil. Can't hurt. The storage place is heated and on tile. So I'm not to worried.

Seriously, some radial tires will flat-spot every time you park the car for 8 hours. Of course they disappear when you drive the car for 15 minutes then.

For storage, if you left 15 psi in the tires for 6 months, you might get flat spots.

But you could get the car out, air them up to 40 psi, drive it around the block two or three times, and deflate them back to normal and they'd be fine.

Davey · 10-16-2015, 11:23 AM

Slight wrinkle in my birthday surprise plan for my wife...

Amazon sent the 4 items in 4 separate packages... Two of the items came yesterday. The "seller" is shown on the label as something like "Just4Fun" on one package, and the other is something like "TShirts&More" or whatever.

Hopefully she just looked at the part of the label that showed I was the recipient or just didn't think much of it. If she figured it out, she's definitely got her poker face on.

Her other two gifts arrive tonight (including the shirt she is pissed she lost) but they will show "AmazonLLC" so I should be OK if she hasn't figured it out yet...

10-16-2015, 08:30 AM	#4084 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	It's Friday? Davey and madwi like this. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

10-16-2015, 09:59 AM	#4091 (permalink)
Leingod A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Some Place Cold Posts: 16,057 Drives: In Circles Rep Power: 2684396	$250 for flatstoppers. No thanks. i'll have the guy move the car forwards and back a foot each month. __________________ I AM FLOOF! SOMEBODY FLOOF MY HORN!! ALL HAIL THE FLOOF!!I JUST FLOOFED ON THE FLOOR

10-16-2015, 11:23 AM	#4095 (permalink)
Davey A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 3,766 Drives: '15 NISMO 6MT Rep Power: 117171	Slight wrinkle in my birthday surprise plan for my wife... Amazon sent the 4 items in 4 separate packages... Two of the items came yesterday. The "seller" is shown on the label as something like "Just4Fun" on one package, and the other is something like "TShirts&More" or whatever. Hopefully she just looked at the part of the label that showed I was the recipient or just didn't think much of it. If she figured it out, she's definitely got her poker face on. Her other two gifts arrive tonight (including the shirt she is pissed she lost) but they will show "AmazonLLC" so I should be OK if she hasn't figured it out yet... madwi likes this.

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